Thesaurus: rebate

Related headwords

Definitions

1. v. t. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
2. v. t. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
3. v. i. To abate; to withdraw.
4. n. Diminution.
5. n. Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
6. n. A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
7. n. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
8. n. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
9. n. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
10. v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
11. n. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
12. n. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together